Hajaya consequently places Zyudi in the context of fallen Jordanian heroes: Wasfi at-Tal, the Jordanian prime minister assassinated by Black September in 1971 Hazza‘ al-Majali, another Jordanian prime minister assassinated in 1960 and Salih Shwe‘ir, a lieutenant colonel in the Jordanian army who refused to surrender to Israeli forces in 1967 and fought to the death. It calls for God’s peace on Zyudi’s soul, reclaims the manner of Zyudi’s death, promises revenge on Zyudi’s killers, and praises Zyudi for sacrificing his life for his country. Hajaya’s elegy on Zyudi follows the conventions of the traditional Bedouin elegy. Indeed, even the opposition Muslim Brotherhood called for national unity in the aftermath of the raid.
But if Jordanians feel targeted, Hajaya added, they also feel united. So all Jordanians feel targeted, and Hajaya believes that Zyudi thus died for all of them. Why did the attack shake Jordan to the core? Hajaya relates that unlike the Palestinians, Iraqis, Syrians, and refugees from 41 other nationalities Jordan has sheltered, Jordanians would have nowhere to flee if ISIS attacked. Moreover, Hajaya saw footage of Jordan’s King Abdullah II burying Zyudi as if he were his own son, and this affected him. The existence of the ISIS cell and its imminent attack shook Jordan to the core, and as a public figure Hajaya had to respond soon. His inspiration for writing this poem was twofold. Muhammad Fanatil al-Hajaya, a Bedouin poet from a hamlet in the south, started writing poems. On March 2 in the northern Jordanian city of Irbid, police raided an ISIS cell, and a police captain named Rashid az-Zyudi was killed. William Tamplin, the translator, comments: Oh son of cheetahs, the recompense of God will come! With such gallant lads defending its borders Our people and our army, to spare no effort Under Hashemite rule, you’ve proven yourself a man Our borders’ protectors take pride in its glory Men of noble origin who keep their pledges
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